Umbrella-gover



(No Model.)

A. NICHOLAS & L. TAGHAUJ UMBRELLAOOVER.

,Patented Sept. 26, 1893.

ATTORNEYS.

detail view of the locking pin.

UNITED STATES PATENT thrice.

ANTHONY NICHOLAS AND LUDWIG TAOHAU, OF NEl/VARK, NEW JERSEY.

U MB RELLA-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,476, dated September 26, 1893.

Application filed August 26, 1892. Serial No. 44 L188. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ANTHONY N ICHOLAS and LUDWIG TAOHAU, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Umbrellas and Parasols,of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact descrip' tion.

()nr invention relates to an improvement in umbrellas and parasols, and the especial feature of the invention consists in providing a means whereby the cover of the parasol or umbrella may be removed and another quickly substituted, so that with but one frame covers of different colors and adapted to the shade of apparel worn may be placed upon the frame as desired.

A further feature of the invention relates to the particular formation of the fastening devices employed to removably attach the cover to the frame of the parasol or umbrella.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a partial verticalsection through a parasol or umbrella in an open position, illustrating the attachment of the cover to the frame. 1 Fig.2 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the cover removedfrom the frame. .Fig. 3 is a detail view, illustrating the upper end of the umbrella or parasol stick in side elevation, a portion of the cover in section, and likewise the locking sleeve located upon the stick outside of the cover. Fig. 3 is a Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the locking sleeve. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section through a catch adapted for attaching the ends of the cover to the ends of the ribs of the umbrella or parasol frame. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through said catch, the catches being shown in plan view in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 isa longitudinal section through a form of catch utilized for attaching the cover to the ribs of the umbrella intermediate of their length; and Fig.

8 is a transverse section through this form of catch.

The stick A, of the umbrella is of the ordinary construction, except that above the pivotal ring 10 of the ribs 11 a collar 12, is formed, provided with an annular groove 13, as best shown in Fig. 3.

The ribs 11, braces 11 and other portions of the umbrella or the parasol frame may be of any approved construction.

The cover 0, is provided with an opening lt at its center, capable of receiving the lower or ferrule end of the umbrella stick, and of passing down to an engagement with the pivotal ring 10 of the ribs, as is likewise shown in Fig. 3, and in so doing it is passed over the grooved or channeled surface 13 of the stick collar 12. The cover is held in place against the ring 10, by means of a locking sleeve B. This locking sleeve is preferably made somewhat bell-shaped and embraces an outer shell 15 and an inner ring 16, held rigidly some little distance from the inner wall of the outer shell at the bottom thereof, the attaching medium being pins, rivets or their equivalents, see Fig. 3.

Upon the inner wall of the outer shell at intervals, the upper ends of springs 17, are secured, and these springs pass downward between the shell and the ring 16, as is shown in Fig. 3. The lower ends of the springs are attached to pins 18, which are passed into cups 18 loosely fitted in openings produced in the ring, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Thus when the locking sleeve is forced down over the collar 12, when the lower end of the sleeve bears against the cover 0, the pins 18 will be forced into the cups and will force the latter into the grooves or channels 13 of the collar; and in removing the locking sleeve quick pressure is brought to bear upon it, and at that time the pins 18 will be pressed outward, together with the cups, as they ride up the channel 13, since the channel is semi-circular in cross section.

By using the cups and pins as looking devices a free movement to and from the collar 12 of the locking portions of the device is always insured.

At the outer edges of the cover wherever said edges are to come over a ribll of the frame a catch I), is located, adapted for engagement with the extremity of a rib. This catch consists of a body portion 19, as shown best in Fig. 5, which is made semi-circular in cross section, and is provided with a series of apertures 20, and a ring 21, produced at the outer end of the body and extending downwardly therefrom, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In Figs. 5 and 6, which are detail views of this catch, the ring portion is shown uppermost, but in practice, as above stated, it extends downward.

The convexed side or face of the body sections of the catches D, are sewed or otherwise attached to the inner face of the cover through the medium of their openings 20; and the catches are so located upon the cover that the ring portions will extend downward therefrom and be located at the extreme outer edge of the cover, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. After the cover has been placed over the stick it is attached to the ends of the ribs by causing the outer extremity of each rib to pass through the eye or ring portions 21 of the catches D, the eye or ring coming in engagement with a projection 22, formed upon the under surface of the rib.

It is necessary that the cover should be attached to the ribs intermediate of their length, and for this purpose catches E, are employed. Shown in detail in Figs. 7 and 8. Each of these catches consists of a body section 23, which is practically U-shaped in cross section. At the bow portion of the body, openings or apertures 24, are produced, while the ends of the members are bent upon themselves forming outwardly-extending flanges 25. Shown best in Fig. 8. In one of these flanges a link 26, is pivoted, the link being provided with an attached handle 27, whereby it may be forced down over the opposing flange of the body and form a locking connection therewith, extending at that time across the body. This form of catch is applied in the following manner: The convexed surface of the body is secured to the under face of the cover by sewing or otherwise; a rib is then made to enter between the members of the body, the link being thrown back, and after the rib is in place the link is forced downward to a locking engagement with the body, at which time it crosses the rib, the rib being confined within the body and the cover consequently secured to the rib.

It will be observed that the locking devices for the cover are exceedingly simple, and that they are capable of being expeditiously and conveniently manipulated; also that a cover may be expeditiously and readily removed and another cover of a different color and quality placed on theframein its stead, thus admitting of a number of covers of different character being placed at will successively uponthe frame.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an umbrella or parasol, the combination, with the stick and the ribs of the umbrella frame, the stick being provided at its outer end with an annular groove formed above the ring in which the ribs are pivoted, of a cover having an aperture to receive the collared end of the stick, fastening devices carried by the cover and adapted for removable engagement with the ribs, and a locking sleeve carrying springcontrolled pins, the locking sleeve being adapted to fit over the collar of the stick and the pins to enter its groove or channel,substantially as specified.

2. In an umbrella or parasol, the combination with a stick provided with a collar having an annular groove or channel, of a looking sleeve fitting upon the stick, and spring pressed cup-shaped projections carried by the sleeve and entering the groove or channel of the collar, substantially as described.

3. In an umbrella or parasol, the combination with a stick provided with a collar having an annular groove, of a locking sleeve fitting upon the stick, loose cup-shaped projections carried by the sleeve, and springs secured to the sleeve and provided with pins projecting into the cup-shaped projections, substantially as described.

ANTHONY NICHOLAS. LUDWVIG TAOl-IAU. Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, O. SEDGWIOK. 

